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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



[Vpl. 8, No. 5 



Sept. 7, 1946, 17565. Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, frequent on creek-flats in 

 dry woodlands, tree 10-12 m. high, deciduous, now in young leaf, flowers green- 

 ish, 300 m., Oct. 5, 1946, 27978. Tanganyika Territory to S. Rhodesia and Por- 

 tuguese East Africa. 



Combretum mechowianum O. Hoffm. Linnaea 43: 131. 1880-82; Engl. & Diels in 

 Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 3: 55. 1899. 

 Kasungu District: Kasungu, in village, tree 12 m. high and 40 cm. in diameter, 

 attractive, with dense foliage and drooping branches, flowers greenish-white, 

 1000 m., Aug. 27, 1946, 17443. Tanganyika Territory (?) to Bechuanaland. 



Combretum zeyheri Sond. Linnaea 23: 46. 1850; Engl. & Diels in Engl. Monogr. 

 Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 3: 59. 1899. 

 Kota-kota District: Kasabula's Village, common about villages, tree to 25 m. 

 tall and 50 cm. in diameter, 1000 m. ? Aug. 3, 1946, 17113. Kasungu District: 

 Kasungu, sporadic in Brachystegia woodland, tree 5—6 m. high, 1000 m., Aug. 26, 

 1946, 17429. Tanganyika Territory to South Africa. 



Combretum transvaalense Schinz, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 202. 1894; Burtt Davy, Fl. 

 Transv. 1: 246. 1926. 

 Combretum porphyrolepis Engl. & Diels in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 3: 

 63. 1899. 



Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, common in woodlands of stony ridges, tree 6-8 

 m. high, deciduous, new leaves appearing with the flowers, flowers white, 300 m., 

 Oct. 5, 1946, 17990. Tanganyika Territory to the Transvaal, but not previously 

 recorded from Nyasaland. 



Combretum oatesii Rolfe in Oates, Matabeleland ed. 2. 399. pi .10. 1889; Engl. 

 & Diels in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 3: 68. 1899. 

 Kota-kota District: Chia area, common locally in sandy woodlands of dry lake- 

 plain, shrub about 30 cm. high, new flowering shoots now appearing after burning 

 of the grass, flowers red, 480 m., Sept. 6, 1946, 17554. Dedza District: Dedza, 

 sporadic in Brachystegia woodland, shrub, young shoots flowering after the burn- 

 ing of the grass, flowers red, conspicuous, 1500 m., Sept. 13, 1946, 17634. South- 

 western Tanganyika Territory, Nyasaland, and N. and S. Rhodesia. 



Combretum microphyllum Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 74. 1861; Engl. 

 & Diels in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 3: 70. 1899. 

 Kota-kota District: Kasabula's Village, in second-growth forest, subscandent 

 shrub 4 m. high, semideciduous, flowers red, 1000 m., Aug. 3, 1946, 17121. Chik- 

 wawa District: Chikwawa, occasional in brushy forest of high alluvial plain, shrub 

 2-3 m. high, deciduous, now in young leaf, flowers red, fruit immature, 200 m., 

 Oct. 2* 1946, 17886. 



Combretum carvalhoi ["Carvalhi"] Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C: 292. 1895; Engl. 

 & Diels in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 3: 70. 1899. 

 Cholo District: Cholo Mountain, in primary rain-forest, vine 20-25 m. high, 

 leaf-midribs red beneath, 1200 m., Sept. 28, 1946, 17855. Portuguese East Africa, 

 and now new to Nyasaland. 



Combretum mossambicense (Klotzsch) Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C: 292. 1895; 

 Engl. & Diels in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 3: 98. 1899. 



Poivrea mossambicensis Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 78. 1861. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, occasional on termite mounds in dry woodlands 

 of lake-plain, scandent shrub 5-10 m. high, petals pink, filaments white, anthers 

 brownish-pink, style green, native name (Chinyanja) ntambi, 480 m., Sept. 6, 1946, 

 17558. Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, frequent in Acacia albida woodland, sub- 



